Collar-holder



J. ELSON.

COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION man Mums. |920.

Patented July y27, 1920.

UNITED sTATEs i JACOB ELSON, CF NEW YORK, N. Y.

coLLAnfHLDER.

Specication of Lettersl Patent.

Patented July 27, 1920.

Application led March 26, 1920. Serial No.` 369,033.

To all lwhom z't may concer/n:

Be it known that I, JACOB ELsoN, a citizen of the United States,'residing at New York city, borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have 1nvented a certain new and useful Collar- Holder, of which the following is a spec1- cation.

This invention is a collar holder intended, more particularly, to maintain the ends of the fold over portions of a soft fold over collar in proper distended relation to one another.

Devices of this general character, have been heretofore suggested and quite` a number of them have gone into use. However, all of these prior devices have been open to one or more disadvantages which have more or less reverted against their use by discriminating persons. Quitea number of collar holders 'which have been found on the market are provided with oppositely extending resilient jaws, each of which is adapted to grip one end of the fold over portion of the collar, but practically all of said devices either grip the collar too tightly or not tightly enough. The inability to obtain the desired frictional grip of the collar is due to the fact that, because of the relatively short distance between the ends of the fold over'portion thereof, sufficient resiliency cannot be secured ina relatively straight metallic member and when the holders are made light enough to give the desired resiliency, they are not strong enough to tightly grip the collar in frictional engagement, and have a tendency to become disengaged and lost.

For this reason, other holders have been suggested which positively grip the collar between sharpened prongs or other relatively sharp surface-s, butthese expedients tearv the collar and have therefore not gone into extensive use.

The object of the present invention is to provide a collar holder, which will possess the necessary strength, and will, neverthe less, embody the required resillency and =orce to grip thel collar tightly through frictional e agement therewith.

Features Egthe invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanving drawings.

" T e accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but

the construction therein shown is to be ber respectively and these two members may be conveniently formed from resilient strip metal, preferably from one of the precious metals, such as gold or silver, or gold or silver plated steel or; brass. The front and back members 1 and 2 are soldered together intermediate their ends, so that the opposite ends of. the holder 'thus formed constitute two pair of clips, one of which is adapted to engage with one of the ends of the fold over portion of the collar as shown in Fig. 1. A portion of the forward face of the back member 2 is preferably milled or knurled as shown at 3, so as to better grip the collar on the back side of the fold over portion thereof, but the back face of the front member 1 is preferably left smooth so as not to mar the face of the collar.

The front jaws of each of the clips refenred to may be made straight or curved along flowing lines, but the back plate 2 is preferably bentto form off sets 4 adapted to straddle over the hem of the collar and position the knurled portion 3 of each clip jawinteriorly of the hem. This assures of proper coperation between the clamping jaws and permits the collar to be gripped tightly in\suc,h an efficient frictional manner as to positively :preclude the disengagement of the holder from the collar.

Holders provided with oppositely extending clips have been heretofore suggested,

.but difficulty has been exposedv in obtaining the proper resiliency when suliciently heavy material is' used. I overcomel this disadvantage in the present invention in a simple and economical manner by formingthe central'portion of the holderinto a loop 5. At the back portion of this loop 'I solder, rivet or otherwise secureI the front and back plates 1 and 2 together leaving the remaining portions of the members free from attachment engaged t erefrom. The spring loop 5 does,

1n nowise, interfere with the collar button or the association of a neck tie with the col# lar, and may be made of various sizes but, naturally, the larger said loop is made the greater will be the resiliency and the heavier the stock from which the holder may be constructed. y

It will be understood that the specific invention described may be modified in formal respects, such as by the substitution of equivalents, and that parts of the complete mechanism described may be used alone, or in other environments, without departing from the spirit or substance of the broad invention, the scope of which is commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to se-l cure by Letters Patent is:

l. A holder` for soft fold over collars embodying a front plate and a back plate secured together intermediate their ends and provided intermediate their ends with a looped portion from the opposite sides of which extend two resilient clips, the looped portion serving to impart resiliency to the clips associated therewith, whereby they are the better enabled to grip the fold overportion of the collar.

2. A holder for soft ,fold over collarsembodying a loop lat its center and a pair of resilient arms extending laterally from either side of the loop and forming a pair of clips adapted to grip the ends of the fold over portion of the soft. collar, `the looped bodying 'a front member and a back member provided at their centers with interitting spring loops, and means for securing said members together at the looped portions thereof, whereby the opposite ends of the holder constitute two spring clips, a

portion ofthe forward face of the back' member on either side of the spring looped portion thereof being knurled to tightly grip the fold over portion of the collar on the concealed face thereof.

5. A holder for soft fold over collars embodying a front member and a back member provided at their centers with interitting spring loops, and means for securing said members together at the looped portions thereof, whereby the opposite ends of the holder constitute two spring clips, a portion of the forward face of the back member on either side of the spring looped portion thereof being knurled to tightly grip the fold over portion of the collar on the concealed face thereof, and the back face of the front member being smooth So as not to deface or mar the exposed surface of the collar.

name to this specification.

JACOB ELSON 

